I hereby challenge any philosopher to make a credible refutation of my
views. I will be happy to permanently post any such attempted refutation on
my website with a link at the bottom of my article, along with my response,
and any relevant correspondence subsequent to this which may be exchanged.

I also challenge philosophers who agree with me -- if there are any -- to
have the courage to come out of the closet and make their views known in
this forum, and if not that, then at least to make their views known to me
privately.

My motive for writing this letter is simple: Race is one of the most
important issues of the day (if not THE most important), yet 'respectable'
publications allow only one side of this issue to be aired. Philosophers
above all others should be sensitive to this imbalance -- they should know
that there is always more than one side to an issue, and that if the
Establishment says there is only one side, they should recognize that this
is an attempt to cover up some very uncomfortable facts. While I realize
that anyone can be hurt both personally and professionally by going against
received opinion, I would like to see if there are any philosophers who
have sufficient backbone to deal with the 'other side' of the race issue,
and sufficient commitment to the spirit of philosophy to parry the flack
they will undoubtedly receive for daring to explore beyond the pale of
'respectable' opinion. Frankly I am not hopeful on this score, for the PhD
which most academic philosophers attain teaches them far less about
scholarship than it does about kissing the arse of their superiors until
they can replace them and get their juniors to do the same to them. Plato
wished his Republic to be ruled by philosopher-kings, but with philosophers
as academia produces them today suggests that this might be unwise in the
extreme. But I hope that there are some philosophers out there in
cyberspace who will prove me wrong.